Columbia Surname
Approximately 940 people bear this surname
Columbia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 827 | 1:438,282 | 37,694 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 177 | 1:283,721 | 22,815 |
Columbia (758) may also be a first name.
Columbia Demographics
Average Columbia Salary in
United States
$44,471 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Columbia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Columbia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Columbia occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Columbia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Columbia is the 379,617th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 7,752,708 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Columbia live; 81 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America. Columbia is also the 298,355th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 758 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 827 people, or 1 in 438,282. In The United States it is most frequent in: Kentucky, where 13 percent reside, Florida, where 10 percent reside and Illinois, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
Columbia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Columbia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Columbia last name grew 467 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Columbia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Columbia surname are 26.57% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 79.8% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Columbia earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.06% more than the national average, earning $44,471 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.32% less than the national average, earning $47,536 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Columbia
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